* Better (non fireworks display mode) handling of broken HTTP sockets

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Revision 1.118  1999/12/07 16:09:26  ajc
* Better (non fireworks display mode) handling of broken HTTP sockets

Revision 1.117  1999/12/06 03:40:29  ajc
* Moved a bunch of other global variables to per-session variables

Revision 1.116  1999/12/06 02:05:33  ajc
* Moved global march list into per-session context

Revision 1.115  1999/12/05 18:38:02  ajc
* Auto-scaling worker thread pool size

Revision 1.114  1999/12/05 17:38:41  ajc
* Additional debugging and cleanup

Revision 1.113  1999/12/04 22:16:05  ajc
* Moved all diagnostic output to stderr
* Moved "HTTP/1.0 200 OK" output to output_headers()

Revision 1.112  1999/12/04 21:56:59  ajc
* Finished the overhaul.  Now to tune...

Revision 1.111  1999/12/03 17:59:53  ajc
* BROKEN BUILD.  Wrote most of the session removal code, but some of it is
  pseudocode so the build is currently broken.

Revision 1.110  1999/12/03 16:37:46  ajc
* Repaired HTTP output for image transfers and static content

Revision 1.109  1999/12/03 05:09:54  ajc
* Rewrote the HTTP engine and application coupling to run in a worker thread
  model and to run as a single multithreaded program (eliminated helper
  processes and pipes).  It currently runs but has many large bugs.

Revision 1.108  1999/12/03 00:18:20  ajc
* Added ".c.o" rule to Makefile

Revision 1.107  1999/11/26 03:32:59  ajc
* Started moving all of the global variables into a struct, to facilitate
  multithreaded server.

Revision 1.106  1999/11/26 01:28:10  ajc
* 2.01 release

Revision 1.105  1999/11/04 02:05:02  ajc
* Added 'number of worker threads' to site config screen

Revision 1.104  1999/10/25 02:25:09  ajc
* Shuffled around the room editing commands

Revision 1.103  1999/10/14 04:07:18  ajc
* Cleaned up the bottom-of-page icons

Revision 1.102  1999/10/08 23:58:11  ajc
* Minor bug fix in registration screen

Revision 1.101  1999/10/06 02:44:02  ajc
* Per Nick's request, removed the key bindings stuff.  He knows how to fit
  it back in when it's fixed.  Also added more attempts at cache disabling,
  but it still doesn't work in the StarOffice browser.  I don't know why.

Revision 1.100  1999/10/02 03:26:14  ajc
* Merged in Nick's bit of JavaScript to handle key commands.
  BROKEN BUILD ALERT!!  This runs all the time, even when the cursor is
  in a text field.  Right now you can't even log in.

Revision 1.99  1999/09/01 01:06:11  ajc
* Added "max message length" field in global config screen

Revision 1.98  1999/08/14 18:16:10  ajc
* Fixed escputs() and its friends to properly handle ' (single quote) chars


Sun Jul 18 20:17:58 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Did neat stuff to the bottom of the page

Mon Jul 12 23:30:24 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us> 
        * webcit.c: exit Webcit sessions semi-gracefully when the connection
          to a Citadel server fails.
        * messages.c: don't auto-link URL's in messages if it would cause
          a buffer overrun.

Sat Jul 10 17:51:39 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Recompiled the Java chat applet using a genuine JDK 1.0.2
          compiler.  This should make more browsers happy.

Wed Jun 30 19:19:59 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Added support for "robots.txt" telling spiders to go away.
        * Do a slrp_highest() when logging off.

Sat Jun 26 22:52:13 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Rearranged the code in "Site-wide configuration" and "Generic
          server command" to avoid nested server operations

Wed Jun 23 21:43:30 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * webcit.c: added "back, top, next" buttons to bottom of each page
        * menubar.html: replaced "User list" with "Page another user"

Tue Jun 22 14:53:05 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * context_loop.c: rearranged some code to try to eliminate deadlocks

Fri Jun 18 11:55:58 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Unknown URL's now display the main menu instead of diagnostics
        * Diagnostics are now at <baseurl>/diagnostics

Mon Jun  7 21:59:45 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Session no longer locks up when an express message is cancelled
        * The default Citadel server is now "localhost" instead of uncnsrd
        * Added some documentation

Thu Jun  3 12:18:49 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * roomops.c: made room banner graphics more reliable
        * messages.c: added code to prevent accidental "double-posting"
        * who.c: fixed the "Change room/host/user" submit logic

Thu Jun  2 09:48:00 EDT 1999 Nick Grossman <nick@ulster.net>
        * Changed static/menubar.html so the text is readable

Wed Jun  2 23:47:58 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Ditched the frames mode completely.  It wasn't working properly in,
          among other places, IE 5.  Die, Bill, Die.

Sat May 29 00:25:47 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Fixed the behavior of the "forget room" routine, to properly handle
          the transition back to the Lobby after it's all done.
        * Added ExpressMessageCat() to allow code to send the user messages
          along with incoming express messages
        * WebCit now sends the name of the end user's browser as the client
          name in a Citadel IDEN command rather than its own name.

Fri May 21 23:35:17 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Minor code cleanups
        * New mail notification

Mon May 17 20:59:36 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Top-aligned all the cells in the fake frames in non-frames mode

Fri May 14 23:37:02 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Initial entry to _BASEROOM_ at login now done as a Skip instead
          of a Goto, in order to prevent it from first marking all msgs old.

Mon May 10 23:09:34 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Replaced _most_ gotoroom() calls with smart_goto(), a version
          which can differentiate the needs of frames and noframes modes

Sat May  8 01:07:06 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * webserver.c: added "-t" option to send traces somewhere else

Tue Apr 27 23:36:35 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * context_loop.c: display an error page if the client browser
          requests a non-root page and there is no cookie set
        * webserver.c: took my name off the copyright notice (it's a group
          effort, after all)

Sun Apr 18 23:42:54 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Reworked a lot of the structure, made more HTML "embeddable"
        * Changed the noframes mode to display "fake" frames using tables

Thu Apr 16 12:00:00 EDT 1999 Nick Grossman <nicl@ulster.net>
        Changed some output formatting (mainly <FONT> tags).
        Changed who.c to use urlescputs() rather than escputs()
        in urls so GOTOs and User Profiles work when the string has a
        space in it.

Wed Apr 14 17:56:18 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        http://www.webreference.com/dhtml/column18/menuFrLoad.html
        How to cause "onLoad=" to cause a sibling frame to refresh without
        having to use the nonportable HTTP "Window-Target:" directive.  Began
        implementation of this; it should allow portable NS/IE compatibility.

Wed Apr  7 21:51:33 EDT 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Implemented "access level required to create rooms"

Thu Mar 18 00:23:05 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * webcit.c: modified getz() to *exit* the program when fgets()
          returns an error.  This is actually the desired behavior; it would
          otherwise busy-loop forever on a broken pipe.

Sat Mar  6 19:56:07 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * webcit.c: added to getz() the ability to return an error code;
          implemented this in the main loop, hopefully fixing problems
        * Added "braindamage" file (frames/JS browser compatibility list)
        * Added HTTP "User-agent:" detection
        * wildmat.c, braindamage.c: added
        * Initial value of 'noframes' is now set by the braindamage check
        * Ran everything through "indent -kr -i8"
        * roomops.c: in room list, print a &nbsp; in otherwise empty cells

1999-02-24 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * context_loop.c: warning fix
        * webcit.c: off_t is a 64-bit `long long' on BSDI (eek!)

Sat Jan 30 19:00:58 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Resolve the name of the connecting host and pass it on to Citadel

Fri Jan 29 14:49:49 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * wDumpContent() is now responsible for </BODY></HTML> most of the
          time (parameter settable) so that the main menu can easily be
          embedded in every page when running in noframes mode
        * noframes mode selection is now carried in the cookie

Thu Jan 28 20:30:08 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Made the frames stuff less dependent on the HTML TARGET= directive
          and more dependent on the HTTP Window-target: directive.
        * Made the system semi-navigable in noframes mode.

Sat Jan 23 19:36:10 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Brought over the new room listing code and <G>oto heuristics
          from the main Citadel tree, to pay attention to floor/room ordering

Thu Jan 14 17:14:11 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Modified the back end of mime_parser to use callbacks instead of
          doing something specific.  Now we can use it elsewhere.

Mon Jan 11 21:53:16 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Fixed the bugs in "Site-wide configuration"
        * Added a "generic server commands" screen

Fri Jan  8 22:20:54 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Reduced the multiple cookies down to one cookie combining all data.

Mon Jan  4 23:04:36 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Removed wc_host and wc_port cookies.
        * Added an "edit your session" screen to change your wholisting.

Sun Jan  3 20:05:31 EST 1999 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Added "enter registration"
        * Set up automatic trigger of Enter Registration when the server
          says it's needed
        * Established that a one-to-one WebCit/Citadel correspondence will
          be required.  No big deal due to shared code segments.
        * Added "change password"
        * Added networking configuration screens.  These still need testing.
        * Added a "kill session" link to each line of the wholist when
          logged in as an aide, and the screens to perform this operation.

Thu Dec 31 21:53:20 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Final cvs commit for 1998 (an awful year, I'm glad to see it over).
        * "Finished" the MIME parser.
        * Got image uploads working.
        * Added "add/edit user photo" screens.
        * Added "add/edit room graphic" screens.
        * Added "add/edit floor graphic" screens.
        * Fixed display of floor graphic in known rooms list.

Wed Dec 30 20:36:13 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Wrote mime_parser.c for handling of image uploads.  This will also
          be used in future Citadel MIME projects.

Tue Dec 29 23:25:50 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Fixed a bug in the room banner display code
        * Added "delete room"
        * Added "validate users"

Mon Dec 28 00:26:01 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Added "edit room info file"
        * Added "edit bio"

Sat Dec 26 23:12:47 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Changed the "auto read new" functionality from a meta refresh tag
          to an "onload" directive (the former was causing graphics problems)
        * Added "create room"
        * Added "edit room"

Tue Dec 22 22:35:50 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Got the Zap and List-Zapped commands working
        * Added a convenience function to display a page with an error string
        * Automatically do a read-new-msgs whenever a new room banner is loaded

Thu Dec 17 20:38:00 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Added the screens to send pages
        * Changed message headers to display in bigger font, non-boldface
        * Added the chat system
        * Added goto private rooms

Wed Dec 16 16:23:58 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Replace "Citadel/UX" in menu bar with the Citadel/UX logo

1998-12-14 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * automatically regenerate Makefile when Makefile.in changes

Sun Dec 13 13:35:12 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * context_loop.c: Moved "remove session" into its own function.
          Check for dead webcit child process before each transaction.
        * Ignore SIGPIPE; this seems to magically make the program bulletproof
          against broken HTTP connections.
        * Added a housekeeping thread to periodically remove dead sessions
          and kill idle sessions.
        * messages.c: added "delete message" functionality
        * messages.c: added "move message" functionality
        * userlist.c: added.  This adds "userlist" and "show user" functions.
        * roomops.c: fixed buggy implementation of ungoto
        * Set up an option in output_headers() to optionally print the most
          often used opening HTML as well as the HTTP headers.
        * Display express messages in cute little JavaScript popup window.

Fri Dec 11 21:14:36 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Brought over message reading and entry functions from old WebCit

1998-12-10 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * context_loop.c: really fix the SO_LINGER stuff
        * webserver.c: remove commented-out references to SO_LINGER

Wed Dec  9 18:50:46 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * context_loop.c: After fork(), child process closes the HTTP socket
          so when the parent process closes it, it actually _does_ close.
          Otherwise, aIEeeee and possibly other browsers will hang.
        * Added support for graphics images retrieved from the Citadel server.
        * Set up login banner graphic and background image graphic

1998-12-09 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * context_loop.c, webserver.c, webserver.h: SO_LINGER and locking fix

Wed Dec  9 11:13:48 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Smoothed out some of the login/logout code.  Failed authentication
          now works the way it should.
        * Added support for new user login (still need to handle registration).

Tue Dec  8 15:45:42 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Discovered that the HTTP socket problem is related to a socket that
          isn't properly lingering on close.  Temporarily hacked a sleep(10)
          into context_loop.c until it is figured out.

Mon Dec  7 17:03:18 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Did a little debugging, still trying to figure out why logging in
          displays "Connection reset by peer" error.  It used to work...

1998-12-07 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * Makefile.in: updated dependencies

Sun Dec  6 19:50:55 EST 1998 Art Cancro <ajc@uncnsrd.mt-kisco.ny.us>
        * Fixed broken interpretation of variables specified in the URL
        * added new "action" variable to make main loop simpler

1998-12-06 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * webserver.c: prototype vsnprintf
        * context_loop.c: warning fix

1998-12-05 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * tcp_sockets.c: removed some dead code
        * context_loop.c: oops, I made a memory leak. fix fix fix. also close
          unused ends of pipes, fix a file descriptor leak and a race condition
        * portability enhancements

1998-12-04 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * webserver.c, context_loop.c, webcit.c: add commandline args for host
          and port
        * converted to autoconf and began port to Digital UNIX
        * warning fixes
        * context_loop.c: moved the monster 64k buffer array off the stack
        * tcp_sockets.c: getservbyname() doesn't set errno.

1998-12-03 Nathan Bryant <bryant@cs.usm.maine.edu>
        * webserver.c: warning fix